Adriana Ciccone — a data scientist from San Francisco, California
Andrew Miller — a law clerk from Chicago, Illinois
Dylan Hamilton — a pediatric dentist from Durham, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,598)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan | $600 | $800 | $-800 |
$-800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-800
6 R, 7 W |
| Andrew | $0 | $2,000 | $15,200 |
$18,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,200
16 R, 3 W |
| Adriana | $4,600 | $9,200 | $20,800 |
$30,401
New champion: $30,401 |
$15,400
22 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| DENZEL WASHINGTON FILMS BY ROLE | ACCIDENTS OF HISTORY | 5-LETTER WORDS | ON THE MOVE | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA | THAT'S SOME GIFT! |
|
$200
[26]
Virginia high school football coach Herman Boone
Remember the Titans
Dylan
|
$200
[11]
Jason Clarke played Ted Kennedy in a 2018 movie named for this island, site of a fatal 1969 accident
Chappaquiddick
Andrew
|
$200
[1]
In the sport of fencing, it's the term for a sudden thrusting attack forward
a lunge
|
$200
[6]
This word for an airport building or train station tells you you've reached the end of the line
a terminal
Adriana
|
$200
[25]
The region where this "capital" river meets the American River was the scene of the state's 1849 gold rush
the Sacramento
Adriana
|
$200
[16]
In the photo seen here, this gift from France to the United States is underconstruction
the Statue of Liberty
Adriana
|
| — |
$400
[12]
Some say this British scientist never recovered from the burning of his papers c. 1690 when his dog upset a candle
Newton
Adriana
|
$400
[2]
One breed in this class of hunting dog is trained to pursue foxes
a hound
Andrew
|
$400
[7]
In its infancy in the early 1960s, it was promoted as "sidewalk surfing"
skateboarding
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
The only undammed major river system in Calif., the Smith River abounds with Class IV & V options in this activity
rafting
Dylan
Andrew
Adriana
|
$400
[17]
In December 1864 he wired Abraham Lincoln with the message "I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah"
(General) Sherman
Dylan
|
| — |
$600
[13]
She was going to fly westward around the world, Pacific first, but an accident taking off from Honolulu made her switch
Amelia Earhart
Adriana
|
$600
[3]
It has meant a tantrum since around 1930; decades later, people started adding "fit"
a hissy fit
Adriana
|
$600
[8]
In names of ships these 3 letters came before Beagle & Bounty
H.M.S.
Dylan
|
$600
[23]
Nor Cal's Eel River flows 200 miles to the ocean & is home to steelhead & cutthroat species of this game fish
trout
Andrew
|
$600
[18]
For her birthday in 2008, this Spice Girl received a Napa Valley winery from husband David
Victoria Beckham
Adriana
|
| — |
$800
[14]
Patsy Sherman invented this 3M protective stuff when a spill showed that a mixture repelled oil & water
Scotchgard
|
$800
[4]
Kids love to shoot down this 5-letter summertime delight seen here
flume
Dylan
|
$800
[9]
In 1852 the B&O Railroad first connected Baltimore with the city of Wheeling on this stately river
Ohio
Dylan
Adriana
|
$800
[24]
This river provides about 60% of the water for So Cal, but is barely a trickle when it reaches the ocean
the Colorado
Andrew
|
$1,000
[20]
The 3 wise men who visited Jesus brought gifts of gold, frankincense & this
myrrh
Andrew
|
| — |
$1,000
[15]
A result of this 1979 accident in Penn., the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations has made the industry safer
Three Mile Island
Adriana
|
$1,000
[5]
A masterless samurai often forced to roam from town to town
a ronin
Andrew
|
$1,000
[10]
This popular type of pioneer wagon was named for the Pennsylvania region where it originated
Conestoga wagon
Adriana
|
$1,000
[21]
The only river that flows into Death Valley, the Amargosa River is often called the "crown jewel of" this desert
the Mojave
Adriana
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
After President Nixon visited China in 1972, China gifted the U.S. with 2 giant these
pandas
Adriana
|
| HERE COMES THE CAVALRY! | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS | FICTION OF THE 20-TEENS | THAT'S TOUGH TO "UN"DO | THE HILLS ARE ALIVE | THE SOUND OF MUSIC |
|
$400
[26]
The U.S. Army made its last horse-mounted cavalry charge on Bataan during this war
World War II
Dylan
Andrew
|
$400
[19]
In the 1590s Galileo invented an early one of these using a long glass tube with a sphere of liquid at the bottom
a thermometer
Dylan
Andrew
|
$400
[25]
Set in a dystopian future world, Lidia Yuknavitch's "The Book of Joan" is a reimagining of this historic martyr's life
Joan of Arc
Adriana
|
$400
[1]
Proverbially or practically, you can't do this to a bell
unring
Andrew
|
$400
[7]
Shh! Thehoary marmotof Alaska does this, from Latin for "winter quarters", for up to 9 months each year
hibernate
Dylan
|
$400
[20]
Legendary drummer Hal Blaine used tire chains for percussion on this duo's "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Simon and Garfunkel
Adriana
|
|
$800
[30]
A theory by Prof. Lynn White Jr. said war was altered when medieval Frankish cavalry adopted this metal foot support
a stirrup
Dylan
Adriana
|
$800
[18]
A holder of more than 250 patents, this former fur trader & inventor was "The Father of Frozen Foods"
(Clarence) Birdseye
Adriana
|
$800
[14]
"The Rooster Bar" by John Grisham features 3 of these (naturally) who find out about a criminal scam at their own school
law students
Dylan
Adriana
|
$800
[2]
It's a lot easier to do this to an anagram than to an egg
unscramble
Andrew
|
$800
[8]
You may encounter the native redbelly snake while visiting McGillicuddy Peak in these colorful South Dakota hills
the Black Hills
Adriana
|
$800
[21]
Depeche Mode & MGMT play this-"pop", from the name of an electronic instrument
synth-pop
Adriana
|
|
$1,200
[29]
It's the name of the marshal who led Napoleon's cavalry at Waterloo, or the sound his horse might have made
Ney
|
$1,200
[15]
The first completely synthetic plastic was this one, invented in 1907 by Leo Baekeland
Bakelite
Adriana
|
$1,200
[13]
"The Martian" author Andy Weir returns to space with "Artemis", a story set on this nearer heavenly body
the moon
Adriana
|
$1,200
[3]
In 2016 the Huffington Post described a naked restaurant in London as "a sight you can't" this
unsee
Andrew
|
$1,600
[10]
The species of Sumatra's Thirty Hills region are the subject of a preservation effort by the WWF, this fund
the World Wildlife Fund
Andrew
|
$1,200
[22]
Ubiquitous in the music industry, the Avid software called this "Tools" puts a studio's worth of effects into a laptop
Pro Tools
|
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1632 this nation's king Gustav II Adolf was killed leading a cavalry charge
Sweden
Andrew
|
$2,000
[17]
James Hargreaves' invention of this spinning machine spurred industrialization of the textile industry
the jenny
Andrew
|
$1,600
[12]
There's no author photo on 2013's "Bleeding Edge"; the last known clear photos of him are from the 1950s
Thomas Pynchon
|
$1,600
[4]
Toni Braxton implored you to do this to "My Heart"
unbreak
Andrew
|
$2,000
[6]
In spring & summer, wildflowerssurround the famous hill towns of this Italian region
Tuscany
Dylan
|
$1,600
[23]
This soul man said he found his signature voice for "What's Going On" after he realized, "I'd been singing too loud"
Marvin Gaye
Dylan
|
|
$2,000
[27]
When well-turned-out, the cavalryman called ahussarsported a tall, cylindrical hat called this
a busby
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
In 1858 this man invented an eponymous glass jar with a screw-on lid
(John Landis) Mason
Adriana
|
$2,000
[11]
Her11 years of work on "The Goldfinch" were rewarded with big sales & acclaim
Donna Tartt
Andrew
|
$2,000
[5]
To loosen the tension of an archer's bow; in the past tense it means nervous & panicky
unstrung
Andrew
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
Leontopodium alpinum, this flower, blooms, as the song says, "small and white, clear and bright"
edelweiss
Adriana
|
$2,000
[24]
A wah-wah pedal gives the funky tone to the guitar on the Oscar-winning "Theme From" this 1971 private-eye movie
Shaft
|
In a tribute with no precedent, the band played this at the Buckingham Palace changing of the guard on September 13, 2001
"The Star-Spangled Banner" (or the U.S. national anthem)